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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. This was a bit late - I was too busy goofing around on Discord)
ModRetro, retro gaming company infamous for being helmed by terrible person Palmer Luckey, has put out a version of their handheld made with "the same magnesium aluminum alloy as Anduril’s attack drones" (bluesky commentary, the linked news article is basically an ad and way too forgiving).
So uhh... they're not beating those guilt by association accusations any time soon.
Obvious moral issues aside, is that even an effective marketing point? Linking yourself to Anduril, whose name is synonymous with war crimes and dead civs, seems like an easy way to drive away customers.
I'm holding out for the Lockheed-branded Atari Lynx clone thats made from surplus R9X knife missile parts.
I have my eye on the McDonnell Douglas-branded Neo Geo, which will be a value-engineered trijet and a brick of explosive all while only running the version of worm that was on the nokia brick phone.
Be careful my pal says the engines tend to fall off!
yeah, I dunno how large the union of retro game handheld enthusiasts and techfash lickspittles is.
The before-games-went-woke sector was large enough to bring us gamergate so there's definitely a sizable available crossover.
This doesn't really feel performative enough for that crowd, though. Like, if it included some kind of horribly racist engraving or even just a company logo then maybe, but I don't think anyone's gonna trigger the libs by just playing their metal not-gameboy.
Time Extension's decided to wash their hands of ModRetro after seeing the news. Good call on their part.
@BlueMonday1984 @sailor_sega_saturn the colors on that Warcrime Boy (TM) kinda remind me of historic (wartime) flags of Germany 😳
Obviously, if they've got magnesium alloy to divert into Game Boy ripoffs, the attack drone contract must not be going particularly well
i think that some of these are meant to be disposable
In the case of loitering munitions (also known as kamikaze drones, or suicide drones), you'd be correct - by design, they're intended to crash into their target before blowing them up. Some reportedly do have recovery options built-in, but that's only to avoid wasting them if they go unused.
even in case where it isn't that, it has no pilot so at minimum even highly capable drone is more disposable than plane, which is like the entire point